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Right as Rain

Not-so-fair-weather grouse hunting We’ve hunted together before and we’ve hunted together since, but the talk always takes on a softer, special tone whenever one...

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Fabarm’s Fast-Forward

The gun company forges ahead into its second century Italy’s Fabarm celebrates its 100th birthday this year, secure in its place as the second-largest...

Hunter(s) w/Pointer(s) shooting at flushing Bobwhite Quail

South-of-the-Border Bobs

The thrill of wild quail with El Dorado Outfitters The bobwhite quail, or northern bobwhite, is found in all or part of 40 states,...

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Shotgunning’s Class of ’24

The year’s new smoothbores From low grade to high, there are plenty of interesting shotguns for 2024. There is no single overriding trend among...

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Full-Circle Partridge

A Saskatchewan foray for Huns & sharptails The writer had grown old. But a last gasp before the sedentary life of pipe and book...

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James Woodward & Sons

Unraveling the mystery of an enigmatic gunmaker In the history of London gunmaking, there are few companies so little understood as James Woodward &...

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In Sleeping Weather

Dreamlike memories of hunts gone by October arrives in my corner of New England. Across the valley, a wine stain soaks the ridges first,...

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Finding ‘The Way'

Embracing Wildrose Kennels’ ‘dogs of duality’ Lab people are just different. On one hand you have the waterfowlers, living to chase ducks and geese...

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Signature Roosters

Field-testing Krieghoffs at The Signature Lodge As many know, Krieghoff’s iconic design dates back to 1957, when the company acquired the patent for the...

This Old Ithaca

Embodying a history of family, friendships and choices This began as a drawn-out conversation about refurbishing an heirloom shotgun, and then it swerved sideways...

Getting Schooled in Shotgunning

Lessons from the OSP Shooting School at Milford Hills My shooting, whether in the field or on the clays course, easily could be summed...

Grouse & Grizzlies

Hunting ruffs in the Northern Rockies I follow the crease of the mountain waiting for the flush of a ruffed grouse. Here in the...